WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House, congressmen and Jewish groups on Tuesday criticized a Democratic representative's remarks suggesting that American Jews were responsible for the push for war with Iraq

Rep. James Moran of Virginia told a church forum March 3 that if "it were not for the strong support of the Jewish community for this war with Iraq, we would not be doing this." He then suggested Jewish leaders could prevent the war if they chose to.

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The American Jewish Committee, the Anti-Defamation League and the National Jewish Democratic Council criticized the remarks, according to The Washington Post, and several local rabbis called for Moran's resignation.

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Neither Moran nor a spokesman were available Tuesday. The Post quoted him as saying, "I made some insensitive remarks that I deeply regret," he said.

Originally posted by skyfirezz Looks like Moran is doing the trentlott shuffle.

skyfirezz,
You may have just coined a phrase. I had never heard of James Moran until today when I caught a brief clip on talk radio at work. "All right", I thought, "somebody telling the truth."

When I got home, I punched his name into a search engine and went to his website, http://moran.house.gov/ . Top of the list, there it is,

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At a recent open meeting with constituents, I made some insensitive remarks that I deeply regret. I apologize for any pain these remarks have caused to members of the Jewish faith and any other individuals."

Location: Against fed law to use my religion W.There's no reason to suppress a viewpoint unless it's true,cause a false viewpoint can easily be combated w/facts and logic,while truth cannot be combated except by lies which are vulnerable to refutation.

"Congressman Moran suggested that the reason that the president is thinking about using force in Iraq is because of the influence of the Jewish community. Those remarks are shocking. They are wrong, and they should not have been said," White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said.

There's an old saying "History begins on the day you're born." The jooz have been expelled over 80 times over the past 2,000 years. They'll bring it on themselves like they've always done. I'm starting to think that Jew War III is going to be a good thing.